Register-operating mechanism and seat.



E. C. SHERWOOD.

REGESER OPERATING MECHANISM AND SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2,0. i915. RENEWED APR.24.1917.

lill' 'UNITED srazrnsrarnnr ormoni.

Emana CLAUDE sHEnwoon, or nnw Yoan, iv. Y.`

,l REGISTER-OPERATING aancnamsivi` AND snaar,`

specification @f1-.aars Patent. Patented N0v.27,`191v.

Application filed May 20, 1915, Serial No. 29,412. Renewed April 24, 19:17,` Serial No. 164,279.

To all whomzt may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER CLAUDE SHER- woon, a citizen of the United States,y and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city,

county, and State of New York, have in-y vented certain new and useful Improvements in Register Operating Mechanisms and Seats, of which the following is a specification.

The device, the subject of this invention wherein thel conductor or lcollector is sta-k tioned at one particular point,ka point which all of the passengers must pass upon entering or leaving the car and my device is intendedto make the work of the conductor or collector less arduous and yet as satisfactory. i Y

.The construction and advantages of my invention will be set forth as this specification progresses.

The following is what I consider the best means of carrying out this invention, and

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device,

the dotted lines indicating the changed position. Y l v Fig. 2 is an elevation taken in the'direction of the arrow in Fig. l; l

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the saddle. Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

At 1, I have indicated a rod or shaft suspended under the car floor by means of bearing blocks .indicated at 2, this rod is the means by which a fare register is operated and the register may be arranged at any desirable point within the car or otherwise.

To operate the register it is necessary to partially rotate the shaft 1 and to accomplish this I arrange a crank lever upon the shaft 1 and secure it thereon, the lever has two extending parts or arms as indicated at 3 and 4 and as it desirable that the` shaft 1 shall always operate in a given direction I arrange a belll crank lever 5 adjacent to the arm 4 and pivotally supported as indicated at 6. The bell crank has an entending end 7 which will receive an impulse or pressure from an operating means and the connection between the bell crank 5 and arm 4 is by means of a pin 8 and .slot 9 for a purpose thatshall appear obvious.

The Hoor of the car is indicated at 10 and i 11, 10 being the ordinary wooden `flooring y and 11 the protective casing of cement or' other material providing a wearing surface of high resistance.y f

Through the fioor I provide a plurality of perforations as indicated at 12 and 13, the perforation 12 being immediately over the arm 3, of the register'l shaftl, and the perforation13 immediately over the free end of the bell crank lever. Itis quite obvious then that when a plug or pin or yother y device is passed into and through one of the perforations 12 or k13 an operating impulse will be given to the lever directly underthe perforation and will by the mechanism provided impart shaft 1..y

I provide la pin as,V indicated at 14 which `a partial 'n rotation tothe y may receive the pressure yof the footy of the conductor, inFig. l this pin is shown as arranged in the perforation 12 but I desire to call attention to the factthat this pin may be transferred from theperforation 12 to the perforation 13 and backjas often as requirements deniand.V 1

At 15fI indicate a saddle of peculiar shape l as shown in Fig. 3, this saddle is provided with avshaft or staff A16, whichis received in a tubular socketor pipe end 1.7, the socket t tion 18" arranged at an'angl'e'and the portion 19 again vertical.` At the lower end of the part 19 of the pipe I "fit a flange 2O and into this flange I secure'a pin 21 entering the perforation 13 in the floor and although held firmly therein not permanently secured.

Under the saddle 15 and secured to the angular portion 18 of the seat supporting pipe is an inverted V shaped member 22, made of strap iron or other suitable material and secured by means of a rivet 24, or by other means to the seat supporting pipe. The V shaped member extends from the lis a kportion ofv a pipe bent as' indicated in Fig." 1, the part .17 being vertical the porpipe to the upper surface of the {ioor and `has its ends bent inward and joined thus providing an additional support for the saddle and a guard for the foot lever.

As indicated at 25 in Fig. 2 I may provide a slot in the vertical portion 19 of the seat supporting pipe and quite close to the lower end: thereof; in this slot I arrange a lever 26, which extends outward in the direction of the saddle'and is then turned so that the flat portion 27 of the lever is on a horizontal plane, this fiat portion extends beyond theoor plug or pin 14, and is then bent upward to produce a pressure receiving arm 28, this arm which should not eX- tend beyond the line of' one side ofthe brace 22, is adapted to receive thepressure from the foot' ofy the operator, and as it is pivoted as indicated at 291the` pressure ofthe operators foot will depress this lever 26, the

pin. 14' and the` lever Slthus partially rotat-V ing the shaft 1.

I have previously indicated that my de#` vice might be changed from side to side and I desire tocall attention to the fact that Whenthe pin 144 is changed from one perforation to another, the seat retaining or securing pin' 21 is also changed so that it will be arranged inV the perforation not occupied by the pin 14, the dotted lines 30 indicate the position of the seat supporting means when the pin 21v is arranged in the perforation 12, and thepdotted lines 31 call attention to the fact that the pin 21 does notv extend through the floor to a distance sufficient to cause anv operation of the fare l register shaft or to interfere With the free operation thereof or the parts which are provided for operating. y Y

The saddle 15 supportedby a pin 16 entering the socket 17 may be rotatable and thus not interfere vvith'the'fre'e movement of thelbody of the operator.

From the description' of the construction theoperation of my device is quite obvious, I desire'hovvever to indicate certain advantages' l i Y y First the restful positionD of the operator, second the convenience of the position of theV parts, third the protection of the pin 14v which cannot beN inadvertently operated by passengers entering or leaving the car, fourth the fact that both of the pcrforations through the {ioor are constantly filled thus preventing the passage therethrough of for eign material which might interfere with the. operation of the register operating mechanism.

The general shape of my device may be changed at Will and I may make the member 17, 18, 19 solidby modifying the means for retaining the saddle.`

The shape ofr the support 22 may also be changedy as may the shape of the saddle 15 and other modifications may be made Within the scope of the appended claims'but I prefer the Whole as shown and described.

Having carefully and fullyv described my invention what I claim and desire'to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination With a car floor having a'plurality of perforations therethrough, of a duplex lever arranged under said floor and adapted to operate a register mechanism, an operating pin adapted to pass through one said perforation and an angularly arranged tubular member provided with a pin adapted to enter another perforation, said first mentioned pin engaging said lever, and said second mentioned pin being retained away from said lever in combination With a foot lever upon said angularly disposed member, and a support upon, said angular member for guarding tl'lefoot lever, all combined for joint operation as herein specified.

2. rlhe combination with a car `Hoor pro` vcopiare? this parent may befob'taiiied for ave cents each; by addressing the commissioner of murs,

Y Washington, D. U. 

